A Long Way from The Seventies

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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106043...

When I see these sort of mileages being attained by modern Jaguars I never ceased to raise my eyebrows in admiration . Back in the old British Leyland days of the seventies when an XJ would literally rust away before your eyes this sort of mileage was unheard of . I hope this car finds a buyer who will look after her .

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fatboy b said:

Does look fresh for those miles.

Quite incredible isnt it ? Hope you are well ?

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MikeStroud said:

I had a couple of jags exceed 200k miles without any failures (aside from tyres, pads, discs etc). One had an injector go so I got rid, the other was a p/x.

If well maintained (quality filters and oil etc) and driven sensibly (don't floor it up a steep hill from cold etc) any modern car should last well imo.

I would be surprised Mike if many Series 1 or Series 2 Jaguar XJ owners rolled up here with 200,000 miles up on an original engine having only had the normal consumables replaced , as someone earlier in the Thread who mentioned the reliability of Fords , Its my belief that Ford Ownership imbibed these qualities in Jaguars nobody else . In my humble opinion its an absolute tragedy that we still arent owned by Ford though others no doubt will disagree .